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    Any recommendations for outdoor speakers?

    Can anyone recommend a decent pair of outdoor speakers? Preferably less than $100/pair. I'd be willing to go a little higher if there was a significant increase in quality. I tried looking on avsforum but the main thread on outdoor speakers over there was way too high end for me.
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    Hands on preview of Mario Kart Wii at IGN

    The main thing that got my attention is in regards to "snaking" or actually a lack there of... And another interesting bit: Link
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    That Rick Solomon sure knows how to pick up the ladies...

    First, he makes a sex tape with paris hilton, then, gets engaged to pamela anderson?
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    Michigan vs. Notre Dame in HD?

    Does anyone get this game in HD?
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    Anyone in the Twin Cities have an HDTV with a QAM tuner?

    Both my tv and my htpc haven't been able to get Fox's hd channel lately. Anyone else notice this?
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    Any website that list how often rail road tracks are used?

    The title and topic basically sum up my question. I'm looking for houses and some that I like have railroad tracks fairly close by. Does any one know of any websites that have information on how often trains use certain tracks?
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    studio 60 is back on

    A search isn't turning up the old topic, but for you Studio 60 fans, a new episode is schedule to air next Thursday. The show started really slow, but it began to pick up before the sat it on the shelf for a while. I'm hoping it lasts for more than a couple episodes this time.
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    Firefox extension to block advertisement popups

    As the topic suggests, I'm looking for a firefox extension to block those ads that are becoming popular on news sites. The ones where they have targeted words that have a little balloon pop up when the pointer is positioned on the word and then they make you click elsewhere to get it to go...
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    Need an adapter to mount notebook hard drive into desktop

    As the topic suggest, I need to mount a 2.5" notebook drive into a 3.5" drive bay. I've found a few places online that sell adapters for around $5 but they charge $8-10 for shipping. Are there any B&M stores that sell something like this? Or does anyone know of an online place where I...
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    What city were you in (or near) when you had your last flat tire?

    This was one of the security questions for American Family's website. Most useless question I've ever seen. Has anyone seen a question dumber than this?
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    VGA or DVI to HDMI, is there much difference?

    Is there a visable difference between using a vga cable or a dvi to hdmi cable? Which is prefered? This is for a 42 inch LCD. update: So I got the dvi to hdmi cable. I can play video files form my computer just fine. But, when I try and play a dvd I got from blockbuster, it only...
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    Laser tv's to kill plasma and lcd?

    link I doubt they will sell for that cheap but if they do HD could become much more mainstream. Hopefully they're as good as this article makes them sound and they come out next Dec.
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    Twins win the division!

    Sucks for Detroit to drop 3 in a row to KC and end up as the wild card.
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    Do do it yourself leather repair kits work?

    Topic says it all. Has anyone used a do it yourself leather repair kit. How well do they work. example
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    problem with aim away messages in Trillian

    I just noticed that when I put in an away message in Trillian that has line returns in it, those extra lines do not show up when people read my away message in AIM. Anyone else notice this? for example, if I put this for my message: "1 2 3" It shows up in AIM as: "123"...
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    So my roomate had bottle rockets in his carry on luggage

    He flew from O'Hare, to London, to Ampsterdam, back to O'hare. He didn't find them in his bag until he got home. He had his checked luggage randomly searched in one airport and his carry on searched in another. The search didn't find the bottle rockets. He also had matches (he thought...
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    Where to live in/around Minneapolis?

    I'll be moving to the Twin Cities area after graduation. A friend also got a job up there and we're looking to split an apartment. Our jobs are about 30 miles apart. map Anyone from there have any recommendations of nice communities to live in that would approximately split the...
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    Landlord wants us to move up one floor so they can remodel...

    We only have our lease until August and are definitely moving out since we are graduating. They have been remodeling everyone's kitchen and bathrooms. In other apartments, they just let the people stay there and use a different apt. for a bathroom. Now, they said it would be easier for them...
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    March Madness on Demand

    I signed up a couple days ago for the VIP pass (it wa free) so I got in to watch the games right away. It's kinda cool being able to watch any game that is on. Screen size is a little small though. The only problem is black outs of local games so I can't watch UW-Milwaukee while I'm at work.
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    What is the limit on importing alcohol?

    I'm traveling to Jamaica in a week and a half and was wondering what the limit was on how many bottles I could bring back to the US. Does anyone know?
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    Should I get a passport to go to Jamaica?

    I'm going to Jamaica for spring break at the end of February. I read that I can get through customs with a certified birth certificate and a drivers license but I've heard some people suggest getting a passport anyway. Anyone have any experience with this? edit* the reason I'm asking...
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    Middle click in Flash applet in Firefox?

    Just as the topic says. Is there any way to middle click links in a flash application to open them in a new window? I've noticed more and more sites using flash and it gets annoying not being able to open links in a new tab. ign.com and news.com are two that come to mind Anyone else...
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    2 Free Ja Rule tickets to giveaway. 6/18 at The Rave in Milwaukee

    I won a couple tickets to Ja Rule at The Rave in Milwaukee for next weekend, the 18th. I'm out of town because it's Fathers Day so I won't be using them. I'll give them to the first person that pm's me wanting them. clarification: They're not actually tickets, they are vouchers for free...
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    Problems with tabbrowser extensions in Firefox.

    Anyone know why the check box for "Open new tab for Middle-click or Ctrl-click on Bookmarks" would keep unchecking itself in the tabbroswer extension settings? No matter how many times I've checked the stupid box, eventually it gets unchecked again. I can't figure it out for the life of me. I...
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    unknown program and memory leak

    A friend of mine is having a problem with an unknown exe file showing up in the task manager. The program is sbas.exe. A search on google turns up exactly 0 results for this program. It's there on startup if I end it, it seems to open itself up. Does anyone know what it is? It seems to just...
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    Woah, Look at this marshmallow experiment. *video inside*

    What are they mixing to do this? sorry if this is a repost, search for marshmallow produced nothing. *edit* oops... here *edit2* ok, apparently some people are having problems... Go here instead. It's the second one.
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    Can you wiggle your ears without the aid of your hands? *Poll*

    Just a thought....what percent of people can do this? I'm right handed and I can move my right ear easy.... My left ear causes a little jaw movement when I try.
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    attention atkins dieters. Hardee's has low carb thick burgers.

    Yup. Saw it in a flier today. It's pretty much the regular thick burger but without the bun. It's called a "lettus wrapped burger" I bet that's tasty. Sorry, no links...can't find it online anywhere.
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    What's sooo bad about Gigli?

    Just watched it. It wasn't that horrible of a movie. It wasn't great but had its humorous moments. So, why was it slaughtered so bad? Anyone?
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    possible virus

    I just got a call from a friend that said she thinks she got a virus from aol messanger, but doens't know the name and norton wasn't finding anything. Apparently it opened a lot of her programs at the same time and was "Moo"ing at her. I wasn't finding anything on quick google searches. Does...
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    stupid BestBuy

    skip right to the cliff notes: buy >$75 worth of stuff cashier rings up "free" $10 giftcard get home, notice on the receipt, they CHARGED me for the gift card, it wasn't rung up as free now I have to drive back 30 miles because of their stupidity...
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    It looks like Mircosoft can do whatever they want...

    Did the antitrust trial mean nothing? I thought they were supposed to separate these things... From Cnet. *edit* Link fixed.... I could have sworn I clicked on it to check it...
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    How do you clean a fitted hat?

    I have had terrible luck trying to clean my fitted baseball hats. They're made out of wool so putting them in the washer shrinks them. I've had one dry cleaned and that ruined (drycleaners paid for it). Putting it in one of the form things for the dishwasher deforms the brim. So, how do you...
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    JBL 12inch subwoofer. is bhphotovideo.com reliable?

    Anyone ever buy anything from www.bhphotovideo.com? I can't seem to find anything on bizrate or any other rating site about it? The reason I'm asking is I found the JBL PB-12 12" 250-Watts Down-Firing Powered Subwoofer for $220 with free shipping. Anywhere else it has a list price of $480...
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    Khypermedia cd-r 200 pack $2.98 AR valid 9/7 - 9/13

    Khypermedia *edit* plus shipping? How about this link? *edit again* the email I got said Khypermedia but the link went to "Value Disk" are they the same? Item number 20148519.
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    Marathon Weekend, which one did you like best?

    Apparently this weekend was Marathon weekend. Do you think any of them were worth watching? *edit* I can't spell Marathon
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    Anyone buy the Netgear MR814 wireless router from amazon before the price drop?

    I bought the Netgear mr814 for my dad on July 30th. It was a nice deal $58 - $20 rebate = $38 shipped. I noticed yesterday that they lowered the price to $45 and the $20 rebate was still valid so it's $25 shipped. I figured, what the heck, I'll send an email asking for a refund of the...
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    How many serial killers are lurking at ATOT?

    I was asked this recently and got it right away. Apparently it was designed by a psychologist to be a riddle that serial killers usually answer correctly but "normal" people don't. Sorry if it's a repost, yes I searched. *edit* Ok, the psychologist part is a hoax I guess. It's still an...
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    What would cause a graphics card fan to rattle?

    The card in question is a Visiontek Xtasy Geforce 4 Ti4200 128mb. Lately the fan on the card rattles, making a very annoying noise, and, I'm assuming, not cooling the card properly because it's not spinning like it should. It almose seems like it is off balance or something. When I open the...
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    Is it legal to duel?

    As in with guns like in those old western movies? A teacher asked me this once....never gave an answer though.